Osteochilus nashii

Osteochilus nashii, also known a

  • Osteochilichthys godavariensis
  • Osteochilichthys nashii
  • Osteochilus malabaricuss Nash's barb, Nash barb, or black borde r tail orange, a species of cyprinid fish endemic to India.[2]

Osteochilus nashii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. nashii
Binomial name
Osteochilus nashii
(Day, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Barbus nashii
  • Cyprinion nashii

Named in honor of “Dr. Nash,” probably John Pearson Nash (1828-1885), Surgeon, H.M. Madras Army, who collected type.[3]


References
  1. Ali, A.; Raghavan, R.; Dahanukar, N. (2011). "Osteochilus nashii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172453A6895151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172453A6895151.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Osteochilus nashi" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 February 2021.


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